Blue pine

[NC Scroller]

Originally Posted by Ivey

The best way to get blue pine is right out of the log, as Scott has said, just let the log lay in the heat of hot weather for a few months, lumber will have blue streaks and more depending on how long the log or tree has been sawn down. Sawed up some pretty blue pine last week end. It was going on a horse barn. I would not want molded boards, thats what you will get if you dead stack pine this time of year.

Ivey, if you come across any more Blue Pine put a few boards aside for the next wood run or North Carolina Woodworker express. It would even be worth paying ($$$$) you a visit.

[cskipper]

Me too, me too (though the Pony Express would have to send it my way).

[jeff...]

Scott - you got blue stained logs that's even better - I defer to you. Your right BSP is better off the log than dead stacking and waiting a few weeks.

Thanks

[MikeL]

Will the blue coloring darken over time? If so, is there a way to preserve the color?

[scsmith42]

Michael, from what I've seen the blue color will remain the same, unless the wood is exposed to something that changes the color in the entire piece (such as a varnish that darkens over time).

The floors in my house are cut from 130 year old pine beams from a textile mill. Some of the boards have blue stain in them, and it's the same shade as modern blue stained boards.

The extent of stain depends upon how long the log sits in hot/humid weather before milling.

The best time to obtain blue stain boards is in the late summer and fall, from logs that were felled in late spring / early summer and milled around 3 - 5 months later. You can obtain blue stained boards from logs that were milled sooner, but the stain is not as prevalent.

Scott